Tag: Parliamentary Question

Louise Haigh – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost of using external agencies for recruitment to senior Civil Service posts in his Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Brandon Lewis

The total sums spent on using external agencies for recruitment to senior civil service posts in DCLG are as follows:

2010-2011 – £16,448.38

2011-12 – £10,950

2012-13 – Nil

2013-14 – £14,200

2014-15 – Nil

2015-date – Nil

These figures exclude Public Appointments and Cabinet Office recruitment but are inclusive of VAT.

January 1, 2023
Lord Falconer of Thoroton – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Falconer of Thoroton on 2015-12-08.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will provide statistics detailing civil legal aid claims and grants by sector broken down by protected characteristics since January 2010.

Lord Faulks

Legal aid is a vital part of our justice system, but we cannot escape the continuing need to reduce the deficit. The Coalition Government reformed legal aid to reduce its cost and ensure the system commands the confidence of the public. As part of our public sector equality duty, the Legal Aid Agency has made it a contractual requirement that providers have an Equality and Diversity policy in place.

The number of civil claims by sector broken down for protected characteristics are shown in the tables below for the period 2010-11 to 2014-15. Figures for grants or applications at this level of detail are not held for the Legal Help and Controlled Legal Representation categories of civil legal aid and so figures for grants have not been provided.

The not for profit sector providers are shown based on the administrative system classification and all other providers are classified as solicitor firms. Where values for the protected characteristics are not held, unknown or the claimant has preferred not to state their answer, they are included within the unknown category.

The MoJ routinely publishes statistics on client characteristics for each area of legal aid on an annual basis on the government website.

January 1, 2023
Hilary Benn – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hilary Benn on 2016-01-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance (a) has been issued and (b) his Department plans to issue in 2016 to UK diplomats in states with the death penalty on representing the Government’s position on the use of that penalty.

Mr Philip Hammond

The Government opposes the use of the death penalty in all circumstances as a matter of principle but I have no plans to issue prescriptive guidance to posts on how they represent the Government’s position on the death penalty. UK Heads of Mission are best placed to judge what the most effective course of action will be, according to local circumstances.

January 1, 2023
Jim Shannon – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2016-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what programmes his Department is developing relating to cyber defence.

Penny Mordaunt

The Defence Cyber Programme delivers cyber defence activities for Defence as a whole. It incorporates the following strands:

Defensive cyber;

People and training;

Information and intelligence;

Strategic direction;

Offensive cyber.

Further to this, each single Service has their own cyber transformation programme within which they are undertaking projects to understand and meet defensive cyber requirements specific to each Service.

January 1, 2023
Poulter – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Poulter on 2016-03-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the timeline is for construction of the proposed Sizewell C nuclear plant.

Andrea Leadsom

No application for development consent to build a new nuclear power station at Sizewell has yet been made. EDF have completed the first stage of local public consultation which is necessary before an application for development consent can be made, and have said they will make available more information on the next consultation stage once they have made a final investment decision on Hinkley.

January 1, 2023
Liz McInnes – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2016-04-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the concluding evaluation of the Drug and Alcohol Recovery Payment-by-Results pilot programme will be published.

George Freeman

Publication by the University of Manchester of the final report on the evaluation of the drug and alcohol recovery payment by results pilots programme is expected this summer following completion of an independent peer review process.

January 1, 2023
Michael Dugher – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Michael Dugher on 2016-05-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will seek information from the BBC on the number of unique visitors to the BBC Food website in each month since May 2010; and if he will place that information in the Library.

Mr Edward Vaizey

Decisions in relation to the BBC’s online content are a matter for the BBC which is editorially independent of the Government.

January 1, 2023
John Redwood – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General

The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Redwood on 2016-06-20.

To ask the Attorney General, which EU (a) legislative and (b) other proposals the Law Officers’ Department is leading negotiations on for the Government in the Council of the EU.

Jeremy Wright

The Law Officers’ Departments are not leading any negotiations for the Government in the Council of the EU.

January 1, 2023
Alison Thewliss – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alison Thewliss on 2016-09-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the service standard is for cases handled by the Complex Casework Directorate.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The Complex Casework Directorate has a published service standard for in country Administrative Reviews. The target is to decide 95% of all applications within 28 days.

January 1, 2023
Andrew Stephenson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Stephenson on 2015-11-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what revenue accrued through deductions and levies on the earnings of prisoners in each year since 2011.

Andrew Selous

The information requested can be found in the NOMS Annual report 2014/15: Management Information Addendum (p. 51, Table 19) and is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-performance-statistics-2014-to-2015

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January 1, 2023